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'jl t#f.ip. r ■ .* «v • r.r- •/»*« '*JNDMENDdZA.:#e Jong expe$ed conteft betwecnthefe pit iyftt waeSdecidcd at I)oii£afVer on^ednefday.iV • j.*. ' v*f»'. +lt;£. ' •* v-’ ?‘«** »t •' -v.A boat ten o’clock Humphries came, qn. theHumphries came, on; the fUge, yvitftWard'and Jackfon .as his fecond and bottle hblderi Mendoza appeared foon after, with Johnfohnd Butcher. ,-• • v ~ r‘ I.* * i*■ • •The—Duke of Hamilton, and Sir Thomas Appreecb were umpires j and they appointed Mr. Harvey Aston and Mr. Ford referees?in cafe of dilpate. V:;---'/\ ' • 4 *• • . ,' s • »'■At twenty minutes paft ten the combatants fet to; the.bets were feven to four, and two to one in favour of Mendoza. Humphries gave the firift knock-down blow, by a ftroke on the. fide of Mendoza’s belly, which fcnt^the fkin ;—the fecond tiqie.they clofed, Humphries, in attempting to throw his antagoriift,. fell, and dfflocatedJjjs ^ff kneer-an accident Which he could not afterwards recover.' A.. After thefe, they had feventy rounds? when the i’uperior art of Mendoza was. fo evident, that from this tinie -the be'tts ran amazingly in his favour ; eyfn; fifteen and twenty to. one!—He CAUght all Humphries’ blows on his left arm, which was extremely brnifed, and with his right hand repeatedly ft ruck him on the face !—-his nofe was Ihock ngly beaten, and his right cheek cut open.’•» ii r. • * . , • • • , J * • 2Humphries would not, however,gtwe it in—he obferved that it was a lpng day, and he might yet prove vidlor; but after fighting an hour and fodr . minutes, all thofe Who were either his friends or his foes, who had either betted for or againfthira, affeed at his appearance, advifed him to give up the conteft, which he did.Mendoza had him frequently To much in his power, that he lifted, him up'and down with his left arm, while he ’fliewed hpw eafily he could have, ftr’uck him with his right hand j but he nearly railed him with hjs left arm, and gently, laid him down with bis right, not wifiung to hurt amah alreadyevidehtly beaten.. EVsry Q)e£iator. applauded Mendoza’s liberal condui and the fpir.it of Humphries, who feemed to be determined to fight while he could Jet oxjandy!; Mendoza was not hurt, except in his leff arm, whlcb.syas much beaten by flopping the blows of his^pqaent.. After, the fight, he- thanked: the fpei^tofj f^t their candour, and declared he ne-' yet :wifjij:d ,tp fight again.-—He was fo elated witit hia Viiftory,; that he jumped round the ftagei-qnd.ltmgged every man'he came near, but particularly Sir ,Thom*s Appreece. - He then ftepped.into a chariot* which convey ed him to the littlehurt.'The Aim fought fo? was only twenty five pounds; but the door-money, which falls to ’Mendoza, was about four hundred. ..After the above, fight, another between Packer ;^pd .Mehdpza’-s coufin took place^Great me %?as fhewiv by boththefe.Pugiliits—‘Packer .Teemed to have benefited more by the inftruions'Af Mendoza ‘tfiaii lutf TeKftian'liatl, And confc-quently he quitted the ftage viorioui.—A col-leiort-was made for ihem. 8':- v.■1I:■ The Ruffian- and a Miller^ who jye nnder-
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London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Oct 02, 1790
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